Lawrence Fredrick (Laurie) POPE

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Service Number:	VX44382
Enlisted:	8 July 1940, Caulfield, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1 Company Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1917
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Heavy Truck Driver
Died:	Illness - Beri Beri - while a POW of the Japanese, Thailand, 10 November 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A13. A. 12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX44382
8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX44382, 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps, Caulfield, Vic.

Son of John and Edna May Pope nee Wilson, of Coburg, Victoria, Australia.

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE

Lawrence was held by the Japenese in Thailand where he died on 10 Nov 1943, he was 26 yrs old.

Survived by his parents, sisters Mrs Iris Herbert, Mrs Esme Butcher and brothers George, Stewart, Douglas and Alan.